abstract:The Chiapas Highlands (Los Altos) is a geographic, sociocultural, historic and administrative region located in the southernmost state of Mexico. The Chiapaneca regional government recognizes the highlands as a socioeconomic region called “altos Tsotsil-Tsetsal” that is formed by 17 municipalities: Aldama, Amatenango del Valle, Chalchihuitán, Chamula, Chanal, Chenalo, Huixtán, Larrainzar, Mitontic, Oxchuc, Pantelhó, San Cristobal de las Casas, San Juan Cancuc, Santiago el Pinar, Tenejapa, Teopisca and Zinacantan.